Toilet article.



ATTORNEY H. TRIBE.

TOILET ARTICLE. APPLICATION FILED AUG-24. 1916.

1,261,978 Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

INVENTOR Afifiez'fieri W$a WITNESSES HERBERT TRIBE, OF PLATTEVILLE, WISCONSIN.

TOILET ARTICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9,1918.

Application filed August 24, 1916. Serial No. 116,617.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT TRIBE, a subject of the King of GreatBritaimresiding at Platteville, in the county of Grant and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toilet Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toilet articles, and has more especial reference to an improved attachment for combs.

The invention aims to provide an attachment of the character described which will. embody a simple and inexpensive construction, whereby the comb may be readily cleaned when so desired.

More explicitly set forth, the invention has reference to a novelly constructed device, which may be used upon the conventional form of comb, with but slight alterations thereto, the attachment being slidably mounted upon the comb and engageable with the teeth thereof, whereby the latter may be efliciently freed from such dirt as will collect between the same; means being also provided, whereby the cleaning attachment may be maintained in an out of the way position, when not in use.

It may be also stated that it is one of the primary objects of the invention to simplify and reduce the cost of manufacturing of constructions of this character, and provide novel details in the construction and arrangement of the several parts with a view to higher efiiciency generally.

Other improvements and novel details in the construction and arrangement of parts will be appreciated from the detailed description hereinafter contained, which should be read in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof and wherein I disclose a preferred embodiment of the invention, for the purpose of illustration.

In the drawings 2+ Figure 1 is a side elevation of a comb with my improved attachment applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

In detail:

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, I employ the usual form of comb, which comprises a back 1, and a plurality of teeth, generally indicated y the numeral 2, the said teeth being formed upon the back 1. Upon the opposite extremities of the back of the comb, 1, I

provided with a recessed portion 8, wherebythe cleaning strip, 9, which is substantially U-shaped in cross section, may be arranged, when in inoperative position, flush with the remaining portion of the said back 1. A plurality of openings 10 are formed within the bottom of the cleaning strip 9, and are engaged by the combing teeth 2. Arms 11 and 12 are carried upon the opposite ends of the cleaning strip 9 and are provided with adjacent their upper extremities openings whereby the connecting rod 13 may be received therethrough. The opposite extremities of the connecting rod 13 are screw threaded, and are adapted to receive thumb nuts l-t thereupon whereby further longitudinal movement of the rod will be prevented and consequently the cleaning strip 9 will be maintained in its uppermost or inoperative position.

In operating my improved device, the thumb nuts 14 are removed from the threaded extremities of the connecting rod 13, thus, permitting the ready withdrawal of the said. rod. Vith the rod removed from engagement with the arms 11 and 12, it will be obvious that the U-shaped cleaning strip 9 may be then slid downwardly over the combing teeth 2 and by so doing will effectively remove any matter which may have become lodged therebetween. Excessive downward movement of the cleaning strip 9 will be prevented by the teeth 3 and 1, which, as will be noted are provided with offset portions 5 and 6, these olfset portions, serving in the capacity of stops for limiting the downward movement of the cleaning strip. Of course, to secure the cleaning strip 9 in an inoperative position, the same is then moved upwardly into engagement with the recessed portion 8 formed upon the comb back 1, the connecting rod 13 being then passed through the openings as arranged in the upper extremities of the arms 11 and 12, and the thumb nuts 13 and 14 are thenturned into engagement with the threaded extremities of the said connecting rod.

It is to be also noted that instead of providing the connecting bar 13, the arms 11 and 12, may be provided with, at points adjacent their upper extremities, spring catches or the like, whereby the opposite extremities of the comb back 1 may be readily engaged thereby and consequently serve as eflicient means for holding the cleaning strip in its inoperative or out of the Way position.

It is also to be noted that I do not desire to limit this invention to any particular formation of comb or teeth, but desire to have it understood that the same may be adapted for use upon combs that are provided With either square or round teeth, and also with either squared or rounded supporting backs.

While I have herein disclosed specific embodiment of the invention, it Will be apparent to persons skilled in the art that the invention is capable of still further embodiments than those herein shown and described, as may be in keeping With the hereto appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention What is claimed is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a comb body having teeth projecting therefrom, said body having a longitudinally extending recessed portion, a substantially U-shaped cleaning strip having openings formed therethrough, said strip Goples of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of ratentl,

being positioned 'upon said body and said teeth projecting through said openings, means for releasably holding said strip in a set position said strip fitting snugly with in said recess, thereby presenting a substantially even outer surface upon said body and strip.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a comb body having teeth,

a strip having openings, said strip fitting,

upon said body and said teeth projecting through said openings, arms carried by theends of said strip, said arms fitting uponf and projecting above said body and means engaging both of said arms for releasably holding said strip upon said body.

3. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a comb body having teeth, a strip having openings, said strip fitting upon said body and said teeth projecting through said openings, arms carried by the ends of said strip, said arms fitting upon and projecting above said body, a connecting bar mounted upon the back of said body and Washington, D. G. 

